Winter weather threatens weekend plans across the state

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Hastings NE
1126 AM CST Thu Dec 26 2019

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR POTENTIAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...

A storm system will cross Nebraska and Kansas Friday through
Sunday, bringing a variety of precipitation types. Precipitation
will begin as rain Friday afternoon and then change over to
freezing rain, sleet, and snow over parts of the area Friday
night into Saturday. Current amounts of snow and ice are
preliminary and will undergo changes as forecast details come
into better focus and confidence increases further.

Those with holiday travel plans should remain alert with the
weather and closely monitor future forecasts.

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Including the cities of Phillipsburg, Ord, Greeley, Spalding,
Scotia, Wolbach, Fullerton, Genoa, Loup City, Sherman Reservoir,
Litchfield, St. Libory, Central City, Lexington, Cozad, Willow Island, Gothenburg, Kearney, Grand Island, Aurora, Elwood, Johnson Lake, Holdrege, Minden, Hastings, Cambridge, Arapahoe, Oxford, Beaver City, Hollinger, Alma, Orleans, Franklin, Campbell, and Hildreth
1126 AM CST Thu Dec 26 2019

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow
accumulations of 2 to 6 inches and ice accumulations of at
least one tenth of an inch possible. Winds could gust as high
as 35 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of north central Kansas and central and south
central Nebraska.

* WHEN...From Friday evening through late Saturday night.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. Blowing snow could
significantly reduce visibility.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.